Sweetheart's Dance

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Sweetheart's Dance
Studio album by Pam Tillis
Released	April 26, 1994 (1994-04-26)
Genre	Country
Length	33:03
Label	Arista
Producer	Pam Tillis, Steve Fishell
Professional reviews
All Music Guide – link
Pam Tillis chronology
Homeward Looking Angel (1992) Sweetheart's Dance (1994) Pam Tillis Collection (1994)

Sweetheart's Dance is a 1994 album from American country music singer-songwriter Pam Tillis. It is her highest ranking album on the Billboard charts, at #6.

This album produced five singles: "When You Walk in the Room" (a cover of a Jackie DeShannon song), "Spilled Perfume", "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" (Pam's only Number One hit), "I Was Blown Away" and "In Between Dances".

[edit] Track listing

1. "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" (Pam Tillis, Jess Leary) – 2:51
2. "Sweetheart's Dance" (Doug Gill) – 3:39
3. "Calico Plains" (Matraca Berg, Mike Noble) – 3:47
4. "When You Walk in the Room" (Jackie DeShannon) – 2:44
5. "Spilled Perfume" (Tillis, Dean Dillon) – 3:53
6. "I Was Blown Away" (Layng Martine Jr.) – 2:45
7. "They Don't Break 'Em Like They Used To" (Roger Brown, Jason Sellers) – 2:57
8. "In Between Dances" (Craig Bickhardt, Barry Alfonso) – 3:21
9. "Better Off Blue" (Susan Longacre, Walt Aldridge) – 2:52
10. "Til All the Lonely's Gone" (Tillis, Bob DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill) – 3:55
    • duet vocals: Mel Tillis

[edit] Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Sam Bush – fiddle
• Bob DiPiero – 12-string guitar ("When You Walk in the Room")
• Dan Dugmore – acoustic guitar, steel guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano, accordion
• John Jorgenson – electric guitar, mandolin (all tracks); acoustic guitar solo ("Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)")
• Mary Ann Kennedy – background vocals ("Spilled Perfume")
• Greg Leisz – steel guitar, electric rhythm guitar, Dobro
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Terry McMillan – percussion, harmonica
• Bill Monroe – mandolin solo ("Til All the Lonely's Gone")
• Steve Nathan – piano
• Bobby Ogdin – synthesizer
• Milton Sledge – drums
• Harry Stinson – percussion
• Pam Tillis – lead vocals, background vocals
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Willie Weeks – bass guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion

[edit] Background vocalists

• Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kim Richey ("When You Walk in the Room")
• Ashley Cleveland, Vicki Hampton, Liana Manis ("Better Off Blue")
• Vince Gill – background vocals ("They Don't Break 'Em Like They Used To")
• Suzy Ragsdale ("Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)", "I Was Blown Away")
• Harry Stinson ("Sweetheart's Dance")
• Cindy Tillis Westmoreland, Connie Tillis Howden, Carrie Tillis, Mel Tillis Jr.